Garrettsville in Portage County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Hart Crane American Poet
Photographed By Mike Wintermantel, August 18, 2018
1. Hart Crane American Poet Marker
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Hart Crane American Poet. . Harold Hart Crane was born at this site on July 21, 1899, to Grace Hart Crane and Clarence A. Crane, the inventor of Lifesaver Candies, and lived here until the age of three. "A born poet," according to e.e. cummings, Crane dropped out of high school in 1916 and moved from Cleveland to New York City to focus on a literary career. Mainly self-educated, Crane drew his influence from the writings of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson. His major work, The Bridge (1930), uses the Brooklyn Bridge as the perfect metaphor to celebrate contemporary urban life. Uniquely lyrical in structure and full of imagery, it is considered one of the three major poetic sequences of the first half of the twentieth century along with T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land and William Carlos Williams' Paterson. Crane died on April 26, 1932.
Harold Hart Crane was born at this site on July 21, 1899, to Grace Hart Crane and Clarence A. Crane, the inventor of Lifesaver Candies, and lived here until the age of three. "A born poet," according to e.e. cummings, Crane dropped out of high school in 1916 and moved from Cleveland to New York City to focus on a literary career. Mainly self-educated, Crane drew his influence from the writings of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson. His major work, The Bridge (1930), uses the Brooklyn Bridge as the perfect metaphor to celebrate contemporary urban life. Uniquely lyrical in structure and full of imagery, it is considered one of the three major poetic sequences of the first half of the twentieth century along with T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land and William Carlos Williams' Paterson. Crane died on April 26, 1932.
Erected 2003 by Ohio Bicentennial Commission, Greater Cincinnati Foundation, and The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 5-67.)
Location. 41° 16.975′ N, 81° 5.873′ W. Marker is in Garrettsville, Ohio
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, in Portage County. Marker is on Freedom Street, 0.1 miles east of South Street (Ohio Route 88), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Garrettsville OH 44231, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Also see . . . Hart Crane. Poetry Foundation (Submitted on August 19, 2018, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)
Photographed By Mike Wintermantel, August 18, 2018
2. Hart Crane American Poet Marker
Photographed By Walker Evans, 1930
3. Hart Crane
Credits. This page was last revised on December 2, 2019. It was originally submitted on August 19, 2018, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 333 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on August 19, 2018, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
